New Delhi, July 28 -- Kharif sowing has staged a sharp recovery after improved rainfall in July, but total acreage remains below last year's level, with the shortfall concentrated in coarse cereals, rice and pulses even as experts and economists warn that crop yields, not acreage, will determine the eventual harvest amid strengthening El Nino conditions. As of July 24, farmers had sown 82.62 million hectares under kharif crops, down 4.9% from the corresponding period last year, according to the agriculture ministry's latest sowing data. Latest figures indicate that kharif sowing has recovered significantly after lagging by about 23% at the beginning of July, when an almost 40% rainfall deficit in June had delayed planting. India's cumulativ...